Stovepipe-holder.



Nb. 650,32I. Patented May 22, I900.

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STOVEPIPE HOLDER.

(Application filed May 8, 1899.)

(No Model.)

UNITED STATES PATENT @rrrcn.

GEORGE ALLEN HIGGINS, OF GALESBURG, ILLINOIS.

STOVEPlPE-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 650,32l: dated May 22,1960.

Application filed May 8, 1899. Serial No. 715,954. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, GEORGE ALLEN HIG- GINS, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Galesburg, in the county of Knox and State ofIllinois, have invented a new and useful Stovepipe-Holder, of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention relates to stovepipe-holders, and has for its object toprovide an improved device adapted to connect a section of stovepipe toa stovepipe-thimble and to prevent the stovepipe from being pushedthrough the thimble and into the chimney-flue.

To this end the present invention consists in the combination andarrangement of parts, as will be hereinafter more fully described, shownin the accompanying drawings, and particularly pointed out in theappended claim. I

In the drawings, Figure l is a perspective view of a stovepipe-thimbleand a section of pipe connected thereto by the present invention. Fig. 2is a longitudinal sectional view thereof shown in connection with achimney. Fig. 3 is a detail perspective view of the fastener.

Corresponding parts are designated by like reference characters in allthe figures of the drawings.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, 1 designates a chimney havingthe usual stovepipe-thimble 2, communicating from the interior of a roominto the chimney-flue. Fitted into the outer end of the thimble is asection of-stovepipe t, having the improved fastening device 5, conuectin g the pipe to the thimble.

By reference to Fig. 3 of the accompanying drawings it will be seen thatthe holder is formed from a flat plate slightly bowed transversely, soas to fit flush against the exterior of the stovepipe. One end of theplate is bent transversely thereof, so as to-provide a flange 6,extending at one side only of the plate, and the free edge of the flangeis bent back thereupon, as at 7, and across the outer face of saidflange. By this means a broad flat hook is provided for the plate andextends entirely across one end thereof. Provided centrally through theplate is a square or angular opening 8.

As shown in Fig. 2, it will be seen that the plate-5 is fitted to theexterior of the stovepipe at and connected thereto by means of a bolt 9,having a square or angular portion 10, adapted to register with asuitable opening provided through one side'of the stovepipe and with theopening 8, provided through the holder 5. The head 11 of the bolt isdisposed against the inner face of the stovepipe, and the threadedportion of the bolt projects beyond the outer side of the plate 5 and isprovided with a nut 12, adapted to be set tight against the outer faceof the plate and secure the same firmly to the stovepipe-section. Itwill be understood that by reason of the squared portion 10 of the boltfitting snugly within a similarly-shaped opening formed through thestovepipe the bolt is prevented from being turned therein, and as theopening 8 in the plate 5 also fits snugly the angular portion of thebolt said plate is likewise prevented frombeing accidentally turned uponthe bolt and out of its proper normal position.

In applying the holder the stovepipe-section is first fitted within thethimble, as shown in Fig. 2, until the opening provided through thestovepipe is at the required distance from the outer end of the thimble,after which the holder is connected to the stovepipe, as hereinbeforedescribed, and the hooked end of the plate is engaged over the flange orrim 13 of the thimble. Thus it will be seen that the bill 7 of the hookengaging the inner side of the rim 13 is adapted to prevent outwardlongitudinal displacement of the stovepipe-- section, and the flange orshank 6 of the hook engaging the outer side of the rim 13 prevents thestovepipe from being pushed longitudinally inward through thestovepipethimble into the flue-opening of the chimney. Furthermore, itwill be understood that the present fastening may be applied tostovepipes while they are in place and does not require them to beremoved.

Should it be desired to use a stovepipe-collar in connection with thepresent device, such collar may be applied to the stovepipesectionbefore the latter is inserted into the thimble, and the fastening-plate5 is applied from the inner end of the pipe-section and between thelatter and the collar, after which the bolt 9 is passed through thestovepipe ICO and the plate. As indicated in Fig. 2, it will be seenthat the bolt or fastening 9 is 10- cated'outwardly from the hook 7, sothat the space between the latter and the bolt forms a retaining-seatfor the reception of the stovepipe collar, and the bolt 9 preventsaccidental outward movement of the collar.

It will be understood that one or more of the holders or fasteningdevices may be employed and that while preventing longitudinaldisplacement of the stovepipe-section, yet at the same time permits ofthe stovepipe being turned axially upon the stovepipe-thimble for thepurpose of disposing an elbow atany desired angle or for any otherpurpose.

The present invention provides an exceedingly durable and efiectivestovepipe-holder requiring no change in the common form of Stovepipe andthimble, as it is simply necessary to provide a small opening throughthe stovepipe for the accommodation of the bolt 9, whereby the holder isconnected to the stovepipe.

and having a hook embracing the flange of the thimble, the plate alsohaving a perforation located'outwardly from the hook, and registeringwith the perforation in the pipe-section, and a detachable fasteningdevice passing through the alinedperforations, the space between thehook and the fastening forming a retaining-seat'for a stovepipecollar.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing-as my own I have hereto affixedmy signature in the presence of two witnesses.

GEORGE ALLEN HIGGINS. Witnesses:

JAMES T. WAssoN, CLARENCE W. HIGGINS,

